The people that were {and still are }agitating for Biafra were Igbos, sure Ojukwu decided to carve up all Ijaw and other minority land into his so called country, The so called oppressed then flipped into the oppressor, I think they call it the paedophile syndrome.

EmekaNaija:

@Afrocynic

Maybe you still do not understand my point. MASSOB agitating for Biafra cannot re-write history. MASSOB or Igbo agitation for Biafra still does not change the simple historic fact that Biafra as known in 1967 was the whole of former Eastern Nigeria. Biafra was led by Ojukwu - fact. Effiong (a non-Igbo) was 2nd in command - fact. I careless about more recent events. No matter how we try, one cannot change the past.

Biafra is long dead now but its ghost could still hunt us if its not buried properly.

onye_ngbu:

kobojunkie has a way of camouflaging his/her hate for igbos as pity.

Why do you have to go in any biafra related post on nairaland trying to remind igbos of how bad the war was for them?

Whatever makes you think we have not heard it before. If you want to say something just say it, stop making it look like you care. Who needs your concern.

If you really care about igbo people why dont you start by writing the name correctly because you and I know its IGBO and not IBO. But you have NEVER in any of your post written it as IGBO.

Hypocrite!

ezeagu:

She is Igbo!                           

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She is Igbo!

adigun101:

Back to the topic at hand. Where do Niger Deltans, to be exact south-south  lie in the Biafran issue. Sources have confirmed that the leader of the 1966 coup which led to the biafran war is from present day Delta State which as at then was not even part of the eastern region although Igbo speaking.

This adds a new twist to the myths about Biafran war being a purely eatern affair and possibly anti- Niger Delta South - south and an Oil war.

NB: I am really confused and find it hard to differentiate between Igbo ,South-south and Niger Delta. There are notable intersections that make it kinda complex !

Onlytruth:

The best news today in Nigeria is that the real south south (Cross River, Akwa Ibom, Rivers, Bayelsa and Delta) are beginning to assert themselves. It's only a matter of time before the lairs will run out of lies. . Oil is going, going ,

Onlytruth:

The best news today in Nigeria is that the real south south (Cross River, Akwa Ibom, Rivers, Bayelsa and Delta) are beginning to assert themselves. It's only a matter of time before the lairs will run out of lies. . Oil is going, going , 

bkbabe97y:


Do u still love that the "REAL" South now has enough fire power to resist being forced into Biafra?!

Afam:
It seems it is now fashionable for people to make sometimes ridiculous attempts to rewrite history.

Without bothering to spend time on quite a load of rubbish put down by the writer one cannot dispute the following

1. That a yoruba man was among the 5 majors that spearheaded the coup
2. That Ironsi (being the most senior in the army) took over and locked up Nzeogwu and co
3. That Gowon led a counter coup 6 months later and proceeded to call himself the commander in chief
4. That a Brigadier General of yoruba extraction (Ogundipe) was the most senior surviving person in the army who should ordinarily take over government
5. That Ojukwu refused to see Gowon (a junior Col to him) as his CIC as that would mean retirement as his junior cannot be his CIC
6. That Ojukwu and the Eastern part of the nation maintained a position that even those who went to Aburi agreed upon for about a year before the war broke out
7. That Nigeria did not restrict its fighting of the war outside Eastern part of Nigeria so I wonder why someone in his right senses will question Biafra fighting outside Eastern part of the nation unless the writer's idea of war is for you to stay in your house and continue to defend while your enemy comes in with every type of amour

Put differently, Ojukwu insisted on equity and fairness and in reality fought a war that the yorubas would have fought if Ogundipe stood his ground as the most senior army officer in the Nigerian army then and not allow a junior Col (Gowon) to take over the mantle of leadership.

So, while I am not a fan of Ojukwu I dare say that as an Igbo man I am happy for the boldness he exhibited even though his family background meant he could have lived life to the fullest and lived a comfortable life.

Let the lies stop, let people stop trying to to rewrite histories because there is always a lesson for us to learn from past mistakes.